Balkan interior ministers agreed to new migration guidelines in Zagreb on February 24, following the Austrian decision to slash the quota for migrants to 3,200 a day which resulted in a dramatic drop in the number of migrants crossing the southern Macedonian border.

As part of the new rules, the police chiefs of Austria, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia agreed to organize the joint transport of migrants from the Macedonia-Greece border to Austria.

Senior police officials from Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria said that control of the region's borders is crucial to prevent illegal entry, while allowing through those who have the right to seek asylum in EU countries.

Austria said it would now only accept refugees whose identity can be proven, who are seeking asylum in Austria or Germany and who do not represent a security risk and have no criminal record.

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